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...recent news from Belgrade announced the murders of famous mafiosos and politicians. Predrag Bulatovic, the Yugoslav deputy defense minister, was shot Feb. 7 in broad daylight while having lunch in a restaurant. His assassination came soon after the murder of the notorious mafia king of Serbia, Zeljko Raznatovic (popularly known as "Arkan"), at one of the most luxurious Belgrade hotels. While many wonder who is ultimately responsible for these two murders or whether there is a connection between them, Yugoslavia's people shiver at the thought of the virtual non-existence of the country's legal system. If such important...
With a population of about 11 million people, the new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia--composed of two republics, Serbia and Montenegro--hosts an additional million refugees from the other territories of former Yugoslavia, more than any other former Yugoslav republic. Kosovo continues to be ethnically cleansed of Serbs and all other non-Albanians since the NATO-led peacekeeping force KFOR entered to "protect" the population there. Ironically and unfortunately, the Albanian expulsion of Kosovar Serbs, Turks, Gypsies and Croats under KFOR's eye has been even more successful than the Yugoslav Army's expulsion of Albanians during the NATO bombing...
...Tuesday, February 8, Pavle Bulatovic, defense minister in the government of Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, was having a quiet dinner with friends in his favorite restaurant when an unknown assailant sprayed him with bullets from an AK-47 assault rifle. The killer fired from the dark garden behind the restaurant. Minutes later, when the police arrived, the only traces were empty shell casings on the ground. On the wall above Bulatovic's blood-smeared table hung a photograph of a benevolently smiling Milosevic...
...Milosevic has little reason to smile over the news. Bulatovic, 52, was his trusted ally for many years. Three years ago when the government of Montenegro, Serbia's only partner in the truncated Yugoslav federation, distanced itself from Milosevic's policies, Bulatovic, himself a Montenegrin, remained firmly loyal to Belgrade. Moreover, he was not suspected of using his position to line his own pockets, unlike most of Milosevic's other cronies. Milosevic will have a difficult time finding a suitable replacement...
...report released this week by HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH says both sides are wrong. After inspecting bomb sites in the former Yugoslavia, researchers found that civilians had been killed at 90 targets attacked by NATO jets. And yet total civilian casualties were about 500, less than half the Yugoslav estimate. NATO war planners "were obsessed with avoiding collateral damage," says WILLIAM ARKIN, who led the investigation. "But it doesn't necessarily mean they made the right target choices." The Pentagon, which hasn't been able to send officers to Serbia to assess damage, had no comment on the report...